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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Down the River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As of the writing of the book, approximately how many Chinese-born girls are living in the United States?
(a) 18,000.
(b) 220,000.
(c) 112,000.
(d) 25,000.

2. What unusual circumstances involving Chinese adoption exists in one Southern family?
(a) An adoptee from China who adopted a baby from China.
(b) A mother and daughter who each adopted a baby.
(c) Two single parents of Chinese adoptees married.
(d) Three sisters who each adopted a baby.

3. Where is the author's daughter born?
(a) Beijing.
(b) Szechuan Province.
(c) Pearl River Delta.
(d) Taipei.

4. What does the author say the book is for her daughter?
(a) A way to tell her about the culture from which she came.
(b) Her own memoirs.
(c) A way to fill in the blanks of an important human interaction.
(d) A story about her birth parents.

5. What is the meaning of "Xiao," the first part of all the little girls' names?
(a) River.
(b) Jade.
(c) Little.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say the book is for a general audience?

2. During what dynasty is China's family system based on male lineage first laid out?

3. How many Chinese girls are flown into the United States every month?

4. What is it called when the parents' dossiers are matched with a Chinese child?

5. After a baby is born, what do rural Chinese people bury outside the home if it is a girl, and inside if it is a boy?

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